Leni Robredo, The Vice President

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^from 6% to the presidency

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How will the opposition position itself? It’s becoming clearer by the week that the only real and viable option for the political opposition is Vice President Leni Robredo running for president. All other options carry the serious risk of triggering disunity and a free-for-all.

Part of Robredo’s appeal is that she is an excellent executive. Despite having one of the smallest budgets of any government agency, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has (to borrow another boxing metaphor) punched well above its weight. The OVP’s performance during the pandemic has been nothing short of extraordinary; the budget hearings last year allowed lawmakers to put their praise on the record. She appeals to those who want the opposite of the incumbent.

The untimely death of former president Noynoy Aquino has only sharpened the contrast between the current administration and what some people have called, for lack of a better term, “disente” governance. The problem with the term, and the attitude that gives rise to the term, is that it can be condescending, unconsciously paternalistic, even sometimes elitist. It grates.

But the phrase “mabuting tao” (a good person) doesn’t seem to carry all that extra baggage. To be sure, I am Bisaya, but growing up in Metro Manila in the ‘70s and ‘80s, “mabuting tao” seemed to me to be a genuine compliment, the more effective (and affecting) because it wasn’t reaching for superlatives. I had the chance to meet Senator Paterno a number of times, and he truly was “mabuting tao” — in exactly the same way that fisherman Ka Virgilio Santos of Hagonoy, Bulacan, who hosted me in 1985, was; in the same way that Myrna Aboniawan, now Siose, of Cagayan de Oro, who works with Archbishop Emeritus Antonio Ledesma, is; in the same way that Doc Leslie Manalo Medina of Holy Angel University, or Elin Guro of Mindanao State University in Marawi, are. The list is endless — and that’s the hopeful thing.

However, I understand “mabuting tao” also in the late interior secretary Jesse Robredo’s terms; that is to say, not only good but also competent. In his phrasing: “matino at mahusay.”

It is precisely for this reason that Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s decisive action to sue YouTube channels “Starlet” and “Latest Chika,” as well as Google Philippines’ country manager Bernadette Nacario, for highly defamatory and completely fabricated videos against him and his wife, the megastar actress Sharon Cuneta, inspires me. To reclaim the life that is worthy of the best of us, we must not only be good people; we must also be smart, daring, effective.

This was a risky action, because it invites even more trolling against the opposition senator and because Google, which owns YouTube, has immense resources. It is literally a trillion-dollar company. But the move is welcome. It puts the onus on Google and YouTube to clean up their act, and it sprays those fetid channels with the disinfectant of daylight.

Matino AT mahusay.

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^lalo na kung ikaw na ang presidente madam

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Sana nga siya maging presidente & then maging vp si Digong. Utusan niya at papuntahin niya sa Spratleys via jetski then hila niya sa banana boat sila pambansag bomber, pambansang explainer, & pambansang butiki.

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Sana nga siya maging presidente & then maging vp si Digong. Utusan niya at papuntahin niya sa Spratleys via jetski then hila niya sa banana boat sila pambansag bomber, pambansang explainer, & pambansang butiki.

That would be better sweet!

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Harry is blaming VP for making his boss and his stooges look incompetent, which everyone knows well by now.

Palace faults Robredo for her experiences under Duterte admin | GMA News Online

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Harry is blaming VP for making his boss and his stooges look incompetent, which everyone knows well by now.

Palace faults Robredo for her experiences under Duterte admin | GMA News Online

Iba talaga ang tadhana para kay Digong after 2022. Kulungan ang bagsak niya.

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Sana nga siya maging presidente & then maging vp si Digong. Utusan niya at papuntahin niya sa Spratleys via jetski then hila niya sa banana boat sila pambansag bomber, pambansang explainer, & pambansang butiki.

Kailangan bang LENIsin ang gobyerno iiwan ni digong?

Duterte will leave a govt in a mess

Leni will have her work cut out for her to revive the economy

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ANC interview with the VP

After the Fact | ANC (20 July 2021) - YouTube